Base Station for Marine Display

ABSTRACT

Various implementations described herein are directed to a device having a housing configured for mounting to a watercraft. The device may include a power interface configured to receive power from a power source. The device may include a network interface configured to receive marine data from a plurality of different data sources. The device may include a sonar interface configured to receive sonar data from a sonar device. The device may include a display interface coupled to the power interface, the network interface, and the sonar interface. The display interface may be configured to receive power from the power interface, receive marine data from the network interface, receive sonar data from the sonar interface, and provide power, marine data, and sonar data to a remote marine display that is separate from the device.

BACKGROUND

This section is intended to provide information to facilitate anunderstanding of various technologies described herein. As the section'stitle implies, this is a discussion of related art. That such art isrelated in no way implies that it is prior art. The related art may ormay not be prior art. It should therefore be understood that thestatements in this section are to be read in this light, and not asadmissions of prior art.

When trolling, various marine data may be used to locate fish. Forinstance, an angler's vessel may be equipped with sonar to provide anunderwater view. Sonar images may be displayed on a marine display.However, some users remove their sonar device and their marine displayfrom their vessel after use. Unfortunately, removal of the sonar deviceand/or marine display may be difficult and cumbersome due to multipleconnector set-ups between the sonar device and the marine display.

SUMMARY

Described herein are implementations of various technologies for adevice having a housing configured for mounting to a watercraft. Thedevice may include a power interface configured to receive power from apower source. The device may include a network interface configured toreceive marine data from a plurality of different data sources. Thedevice may include a sonar interface configured to receive sonar datafrom a sonar device. The device may include a display interface coupledto the power interface, the network interface, and the sonar interface.The display interface may be configured to receive power from the powerinterface, receive marine data from the network interface, receive sonardata from the sonar interface, and provide power, marine data, and sonardata to a remote marine display that is separate from the device.

Described herein are also implementations of technologies for a basestation having a waterproof housing configured for mounting to awatercraft. The base station may include a power interface configured toreceive power from a power source. The base station may include anetwork interface configured to receive marine data from a plurality ofdifferent data sources, including one or more of a geo-coordinate datasource, a national marine electronics association (NMEA) data source,and an Ethernet data source. The base station may include a sonarinterface configured to receive sonar data from a sonar device. The basestation may include a radar interface configured to receive radar datafrom a radar device. The base station may include a display interfacecoupled to the power interface, the network interface, the sonarinterface, and the radar interface. The display interface may beconfigured to receive power from the power interface, receive marinedata from the network interface, receive sonar data from the sonarinterface, receive radar data from the radar device, and provide power,marine data, sonar data, and radar data to one or more marine displaysvia one or more wired or wireless connections. The one or more marinedisplays are separate from the base station.

Described herein are implementations of various technologies for asystem having a marine display and a base station. The marine displaymay be configured to display images associated with marine data andsonar data. The base station may be configured for mounting to awatercraft. The base station may include a power interface configured toreceive power from a power source. The base station may include anetwork interface configured to receive marine data from a plurality ofdifferent data sources. The base station may include a sonar interfaceconfigured to receive sonar data from a sonar device. The base stationmay include a display interface coupled to the power interface, thenetwork interface, and the sonar interface. The display interface may beconfigured to receive power from the power interface, receive marinedata from the network interface, receive sonar data from the sonarinterface, and provide power, marine data, and sonar data to the marinedisplay.

The above referenced summary section is provided to introduce aselection of concepts in a simplified form that are further describedbelow in the detailed description section. The summary is not intendedto identify key features or essential features of the claimed subjectmatter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimedsubject matter. Moreover, the claimed subject matter is not limited toimplementations that solve any or all disadvantages noted in any part ofthis disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Implementations of various techniques are described herein withreference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood,however, that the accompanying drawings illustrate only the variousimplementations described herein and are not meant to limit the scope ofvarious techniques described herein.

FIGS. 1A-1C illustrate views of using a base station and a marinedisplay in accordance with various implementations described herein.

FIGS. 2A-2C illustrate various block diagrams of a base station and amarine display in accordance with various implementations describedherein.

FIGS. 2D-2F illustrates various other block diagrams of a base stationand a marine display in accordance with various implementationsdescribed herein.

FIG. 3 illustrates a computing device for implementing a base stationand a marine display in accordance with various implementationsdescribed herein.

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic of a marine electronics device inaccordance with various implementations described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various implementations described herein refer to and are directed tousing a base station that may be installed on or mounted to a vessel(e.g., watercraft, boat, ship, etc.). The base station may includemultiple inputs for various connections (e.g., power, sonar, radar, NMEA(National Marine Electronics Association), GPS (Global PositioningSystem), Ethernet, etc.). However, the base station may not include amarine display, and instead, the base station may be configured tocommunicate with one or more remote marine displays via one or morewired or wireless connections. As such, the base station may bepermanently mounted to the watercraft, and the base station may beconfigured to provide power and/or data to a separate, detached, and/orremote marine display. In various implementations, the base station mayinclude computing and/or processing capability, and the base station mayinclude circuitry, such as, e.g., sonar circuitry, radar circuitry,and/or digital signal processing circuitry, capable of receiving andprocessing marine based data signals associated with the multiple inputsfor the various connections so as to multiplex or serialize thesemultiple data signals over a single communication link (wired orwireless) to the one or more marine displays. In some implementations,the base station may be referred to as an “intelligent” device that maybe primarily configured for processing incoming data received frommultiple data sources, and the one or more remote marine displays may bereferred to as “dummy” devices that may be primarily configured fordisplaying various images associated with the processed data receivedfrom the base station.

Various implementations of a base station and a marine display will nowbe described in reference to FIGS. 1A-4.

FIGS. 1A-1C illustrate various views of using a base station 204 and amarine display 272 in accordance with various implementations describedherein. In particular, FIG. 1A illustrates a view 100A of a system 100for using the base station 204 and the marine display 272 along with asonar device 120 that is directed in a first direction 144 (e.g.,forward (fore) direction) relative to a bow 142 of a watercraft 140.FIG. 1B illustrates another view 200B of the system 100 for using thebase station 204 and the marine display 272 along with the sonar device120 directed in a second direction 148 (e.g., rear (aft) direction)relative to a stern 146 of the watercraft 140. FIG. 1C illustratesanother view 200 C of the system 100 for using the base station 204 andmultiple marine displays 272 along with the sonar device 120 so as toallow an angler 130 to move about the vessel 140 from one position (orlocation) on the watercraft 140 to another position (or location) on thewatercraft 140 without having to move the marine display 272. As shownin FIGS. 1A-1C, the sonar device 120 may be positioned or located belowa surface 104 of a body of water 102 in which the watercraft 140 isdeployed.

The sonar device 120 may include a sonar transducer configured toprovide various angular ranges of view in various directions, such as,e.g., approximately a 90° vertical view along with approximately a 15°to 30° horizontal view. The angular ranges of view may include or atleast be extended to include angular ranges of vertical viewsfrom/between 0° to more than 90° along with angular ranges of horizontalviews from/between 0° to 180°, or in some cases, 360° view. Further, thesonar device 120 and/or the sonar transducer may be configured tomanually or automatically rotate (or pivot or directionally adjust)vertically and/or horizontally so as to rotate the view (i.e., field ofview).

During operation, the sonar device 120 may be configured to use sonarfor imaging various environmental features (e.g., fish, plants, rocks,lures, bait, etc.) in the body of water 102. This imaging may includemapping an underwater environment below the surface 104 of the body ofwater 102 between the surface 104 and a bottom or floor 106 of the bodyof water 102. For instance, this imaging may include various images offish or schools of fish 150 captured beneath the watercraft 140 by thesonar device 120 directed in any direction, such as the forwarddirection 144 with the sonar beam 110, as shown in reference to FIG. 1A.In some implementations, the sonar device 120 may be configured togenerate one or more two-dimensional (2D) sonar images of the underwaterenvironment in a column of water. In some other implementations, thesonar device 120 (e.g., sonar transducer) may be configured to generateone or more three-dimensional (3D) sonar images of the underwaterenvironment in a column of water.

In reference to FIGS. 1A-1C, the base station 204 may be implemented asa computing device that is coupled/mounted to the watercraft 140 andused to communicate with the marine display 272 for displaying imagesassociated with sonar data received from the sonar device 120, alongwith various other marine data (e.g., radar, NMEA, GPS, Ethernet, etc.)received from various other data sources. The base station 204 may alsobe configured to provide or supply power to the marine display 272 forpowering and/or or charging the marine display 272. Further, the basestation 204 may include at least one processing component (e.g.,processor, digital signal processor, etc.) and memory havinginstructions configured to cause the processor to perform variousactions and/or functions including display of images associated with thesonar device 120 and various other data sources. The marine display 272may be various types of displays, such as, e.g., marine electronicsdevice, multi-function display (MFD), personal computer (PC), laptop,smart phone, tablet, etc. In some cases, the base station 204 may beconfigured to simultaneously display multiple images associated with thesonar device 120 in various display modes of operation, such as, e.g., asplit screen mode of operation.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1A, the sonar device 120 may be used to locateand/or track fish 150, 150A in the body of water 102 beneath thewatercraft 140 at various depths 108 proximate to the bow 142 of thewatercraft 140. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 1B, the sonar device 120 maybe used to locate and/or track fish 150, 150B in the body of water 102beneath the watercraft 140 at the various depths 108 proximate to thestern 146 of the watercraft 140. Generally, the sonar device 120 may beused to locate and/or track fish 150 at any relative position in betweenthe bow 142 and the stern 146 of the watercraft 140. Further, as shownin FIG. 1C, multiple marine displays 272 may be used and positioned atmultiple positions or locations on the watercraft 140 by the angler 130depending on preference of the angler 130. In these instances, the basestation 204 may be configured to communicate with and provide power anddata to each of the one or more marine displays 272 positioned orlocated throughout the watercraft 140.

In some implementations, the sonar device 120 may be used to determine adepth of the fish 150 in the body of water 102 near the watercraft 140.Once the depth 108 of the fish 150 is determined, then the angler 130may cast a lure or bait 136 in the body of water 102 at the determineddepth 108. For instance, during trolling, the lure or bait 136 may becoupled to a casting device, such as a rod 132 (e.g., fishing rod orpole), via a line 134 (e.g., fishing line). The rod 132 may beconfigured for casting the lure or bait 136 by the angler 130. As shownin FIGS. 1A-1C, the angler 130 may cast the lure or bait 136 into thebody of water 102 proximate to the bow side 142, the stern side 146, oranywhere or any side in between, such as, e.g., the starboard sideand/or the port side of the watercraft 140, while the angler 130 ispositioned within the watercraft 140.

In some implementations, the sonar device 120 may be electricallycoupled to the base station 204 via one or more electrical wires orcables (not shown) passing through the watercraft 140. The base station204 may be configured to record sonar data received from the sonardevice 120 via the electrical cables. Further, the base station 204 maybe configured to control operation of the watercraft 140 via userinteraction with the marine display 272. In some other instances,operation of the watercraft 140 may be controlled via user interactionwith a foot-pedal (not shown) positioned on the watercraft 140 andcoupled to the base station 204.

Generally, the term sonar (i.e., SOund Navigation And Ranging) may referto various techniques for propagating sound underwater to detect objectson or under a surface of a body of water, such as fish, lures, plants,rocks, sea floor, etc. One type of sonar technology refers to activesonar that is configured to emit pulses of sound waves while receivingechoes, which refers to pinging. Sonar may be used to determine acousticlocations and/or measurements of echo characteristics for targets andobjects in a body of water. Further, acoustic frequencies used in sonarbased devices may vary from low frequency (i.e., infrasonic) to highfrequency (i.e., ultrasonic).

In some implementations, the base station 204 may be used to communicatewith the marine display 272 so as to display images associated withother marine data and devices, such as, e.g., radar data received from aradar device (as shown and described in reference to FIGS. 2A-3).Generally, radar refers to an object-detection device or system thatuses radio waves (e.g., radio frequency (RF) waves or microwaves) todetermine various parameters and/or properties of an object, such as,e.g., range, angle, and/or velocity of an object. In marine basedapplication, radar may be used to detect above sea-level objects, suchas, e.g., watercraft, aircraft, weather formations, terrain, and/orother objects. In some cases, a radar device or system may be configuredto transmit radio waves (e.g., RF waves or microwaves) that may reflectfrom any object in a transmission path so as to determine variousparameters and/or properties of the object or objects.

In various implementations, the base station 204 may be coupled tovarious marine based data buses and/or networks, such as, e.g., theNational Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) bus or network,including, e.g., NMEA 0180, 0182, 0183, 2000, and the future OneNetstandard. The base station 204 may send and/or receive data to and/orfrom another device attached to the NMEA 2000 bus. For instance, thebase station 204 may transmit commands and receive data from a motor ora sensor using an NMEA 2000 bus. In some implementations, the basestation 204 may be capable of steering a vessel and/or controlling speedof the vessel, i.e., autopilot. For instance, one or more waypoints maybe input to the base station 204, and the base station 204 may beconfigured to steer the vessel to the one or more waypoints. Further,the base station 204 may be configured to transmit and/or receive NMEA2000 compliant messages, messages in a proprietary format that do notinterfere with NMEA 2000 compliant messages, and/or messages in anyother format. The base station 204 may be attached to various othercommunication buses and/or networks configured to use various othertypes of protocols accessible via, e.g., NMEA 2000, NMEA 0183, Ethernet,Proprietary wired protocol, etc.

FIGS. 2A-2C illustrate various block diagrams of the base station 204and the marine display 272 in accordance with various implementationsdescribed herein. As shown in FIGS. 2A-2C, the base station 204 may beconfigured to provide power and data to the marine display 272 invarious ways. In particular, FIG. 2A illustrates a block diagram 200A ofthe base station 204 and the marine display 272 connected via a singlecable 206, FIG. 2B illustrates a block diagram 200B of the base station204 and the marine display 272 connected via the single cable 206 and awireless link 218, and FIG. 2C illustrates a block diagram 200C of thebase station 204 and the marine display 272 connected via a firstwireless link 218A, and a second wireless link 218B.

In reference to FIG. 2A, the base station 204 may be implemented as adevice having a housing 205 configured for mounting to a watercraft,such as, e.g., the watercraft 140 of FIG. 1A. The base station 204 maybe configured with multiple inputs for various connections for receivingvarious input signals, such as, e.g., geo-coordinate signals 222 (e.g.,GPS signals), NMEA signals 232, network signals 242 (e.g., Ethernetsignals), sonar signals 252, radar signals 262, and/or power signals282. Further, the base station 204 may be configured to provide theinput power signal 282 and the input data signals 222, 232, 242, 252,262 as output signals to the marine display 272 via the single cable206. In this instance, the single cable 206 may include a first wiredcircuit configured to output the power signal 282 to the marine display272 and a second wired circuit (that is separate from the first wiredcircuit) configured to output the data signals 222, 232, 242, 252, 262to the marine display 272. In some cases, the first and second wiredcircuits may share a common ground wire.

In some implementations, the housing 205 of the base station 204 mayinclude a waterproof container or a box having a rigid three-dimensional(3D) structural framework or casing formed of a high-strength metalbased material, such as, e.g., aluminum, steel, stainless steel,titanium, magnesium, tungsten, and/or any other type of metal material,including other high-strength metals and various alloys of multipledifferent high-strength metals. The waterproof housing 205 may be usedto enclose or encase electrical circuit components and various othercomponents of the base station 204. In some cases, the housing 205 maybe formed of a rigid polymer based material including various polymerblends. For instance, various polymers blends may include combinationsof one or more of polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), block copolymerpolypropylene (BCPP), rubber, and reinforcing filler(s). In other cases,the housing 205 may include a coating of a flexible and shock-absorbingtype of polymer based material, such as, e.g., an isoprene type polymerbased material, including polymer based rubber or any other type offlexible and shock-absorbing polymer-rubber based material. The coatingmay comprise thermos plastic rubber (TPR) or various other types ofsimilar or comparable material, including, e.g., various polymer blends.As such, the materials used for forming, fabricating, and/ormanufacturing the housing 205 may provide for strength, rigidity, andshock-absorbing characteristics so as to thereby improve reliability andlongevity of the housing 205 and components of the base station 204encased therein.

In reference to FIG. 2B, the base station 204 may be configured toprovide the power signal 282 as an output signal to the marine display272 via the single cable 206, and further, the base station 204 may beconfigured to provide the data signals 222, 232, 242, 252, 262 as awireless output signal to the marine display 272 via a wirelesscommunication link 218. In this instance, the single cable 206 mayinclude a single wired circuit configured to provide power signals 282to the marine display 272, and the wireless communication link 218 maymake use of a transceiver configured to output data signals associatedwith input signals 222, 232, 242, 252, 262 to the marine display 272. Assuch, the base station 204 and the marine display 272 may be equippedwith transceivers (not shown) having antennas configured to communicatewith each other. In some instances, the wireless communication link 218may be used to bi-directionally transmit and receive data signalsbetween the base station 204 and the marine display 272. Further,various wireless communication protocols and networks may be used towirelessly communicate over the wireless communication link 218,including, e.g., WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.

In reference to FIG. 2C, the base station 204 may be configured toprovide the power signal 282 as a first wireless output signal to themarine display 272 via a first wireless link 218A, and the base station204 may be configured to provide the data signals 222, 232, 242, 252,262 as a second wireless output signal to the marine display 272 via asecond wireless link 218B. In this instance, the first wireless link218A may make use of a first transceiver configured to output the firstwireless output signal associated with the power signal 282 to themarine display 272. Further, the second wireless link 218B may make useof a second transceiver configured to output data signals associatedwith input signals 222, 232, 242, 252, 262 to the marine display 272. Assuch, the base station 204 and the marine display 272 may be equippedwith multiple transceivers (not shown) having antennas configured tocommunicate with each other. Further, in some instances, the firstwireless link 218A may be configured to bi-directionally transmit andreceive data signals between the base station 204 and the marine display272. Various wireless communication protocols and networks may be usedto wirelessly communicate over the first wireless link 218A, including,e.g., WiFi, Bluetooth, etc. In addition, various wirelesspowering/charging systems may be used to wirelessly provide power andcharge over the second wireless link 218B, including, e.g., inductiveand radio frequency (RF).

In reference to FIGS. 2A-2C, the power and data connections may be wiredvia the single cable 208 (e.g., a power over Ethernet cable). In someimplementations, the power and data connections may be wireless via theone or more wireless connections 218, 218A, 218B (e.g., WiFi data andwireless power, such as inductive power). In some other implementations,the power and data connections may be a combination of wired andwireless via the single cable 208 and/or one or more wirelessconnections 218, 218A, 218B (e.g. wired power and wireless data).Further, the marine display 272 may include or may be embodied as apurpose built marine display, such as, e.g., similar to a multi-functiondisplay (MFD), with only a single connector, with no connectors, or inan alternate embodiment as a third-party device, such as, e.g., atablet. In some implementations, the base station 204 may also serve asa cradle or make use of a cradle to hold the marine display 272. In thisinstance, the cradle may be implemented as a waterproof enclosure withsome capability to provide waterproofing to a non-waterproof consumerdevice (e.g., a tablet). Therefore, the marine display 272 may includeone or more power sources (e.g., batteries, rechargeable batteries,etc.) that may be used for power, and the marine display 272 may includepower and/or charging circuitry for remote applications.

FIGS. 2D-2F illustrate various block diagrams of the base station 204and the marine display 272 in accordance with various implementationsdescribed herein. As shown in FIGS. 2D-2F, the base station 204 may beconfigured to provide power and data to the marine display 272 invarious ways, including use of a cradle 278. In particular, FIG. 2Dillustrates a block diagram 200D of the base station 204 and the marinedisplay 272 connected via the single cable 206 and the cradle 278, FIG.2E illustrates a block diagram 200E of the base station 204 and themarine display 272 connected via the single cable 206, the cradle 278,and the wireless link 218, and FIG. 2F illustrates a block diagram 200Fof the base station 204 and the marine display 272 connected via thefirst wireless link 218A, the cradle 278, and the second wireless link218B.

As shown in FIG. 2D, the cradle 278 may be configured to receive themarine display 272, and a quick disconnect mechanism (not shown) may beused to physically and electrically couple and decouple the marinedisplay 272 to the cradle 278. In some implementations, the cradle 278may be used as a power and/or charge station, and the cradle 278 mayalso be used as a data retrieval station. Thus, the base station 204 maybe configured to provide the input power signal 282 and the input datasignals 222, 232, 242, 252, 262 as output signals to the marine display272 via the single cable 206 and the cradle 278. Further, in thisinstance, the first wired circuit of the single cable 206 may beconfigured to output the power signal 282 to the marine display 272 viathe cradle 278, and the second wired circuit (that is separate from thefirst wired circuit) of the single cable 206 may be configured to outputthe data signals 222, 232, 242, 252, 262 to the marine display 272 viathe cradle 278.

In reference to FIG. 2E, the base station 204 may be configured toprovide the power signal 282 as an output signal to the marine display272 via the single cable 206 and cradle 278, and further, the basestation 204 may be configured to provide the data signals 222, 232, 242,252, 262 as a wireless output signal to the marine display 272 via thewireless communication link 218. In this instance, the single wiredcircuit of the single cable 206 may be used to provide power signals 282to the marine display 272, and the wireless communication link 218 maymake use of a transceiver configured to output data signals associatedwith input signals 222, 232, 242, 252, 262 to the marine display 272. Asdescribed herein, the base station 204 and the marine display 272 may beequipped with transceivers (not shown) having antennas configured tocommunicate with each other. Further, in some instances, the wirelesscommunication link 218 may be used to bi-directionally transmit andreceive data signals between the base station 204 and the marine display272.

In reference to FIG. 2F, the base station 204 may be configured toprovide the power signal 282 as a first wireless output signal to themarine display 272 via the first wireless link 218A and the cradle 278,and the base station 204 may be configured to provide the data signals222, 232, 242, 252, 262 as a second wireless output signal to the marinedisplay 272 via the second wireless link 218B. In this instance, thefirst wireless link 218A may make use of a first transceiver configuredto output the first wireless output signal associated with the powersignal 282 to the marine display 272. Further, in this instance, thesecond wireless link 218B may make use of a second transceiverconfigured to output data signals associated with input signals 222,232, 242, 252, 262 to the marine display 272. As described herein, thebase station 204 and the marine display 272 may be equipped withmultiple transceivers (not shown) with each having antennas configuredto communicate with each other. Further, in some instances, the firstwireless link 218A may be configured to bi-directionally transmit andreceive data signals between the base station 204 and the marine display272.

FIG. 3 illustrates a system 300 for implementing a base station and amarine display in accordance with various implementations describedherein. In particular, FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of the system300 having a base station implemented as a computing device 204 and amarine display implemented as a display device 372.

The computing device 304 (or base station) may be implemented as adevice having various components including a housing (e.g., waterproofhousing) configured for mounting to a watercraft (e.g., vessel, boatship, etc.). As described herein, the housing may include a container ora box configured to enclose, encase, or encapsulate various components(e.g., electrical components) of the computing device 304.

The computing device 304 may include a power interface 380 configured toreceive power or power signals 382 from a power source 384. The powersource 384 may include various types of power sources, such as, e.g., abattery, generator, alternator, and/or various other types of powersources. In some cases, the power source 384 may include an electricalcircuit configured to implement multiple power sources. Further, thepower interface 380 may be configured to provide power to a displayinterface 370 based on the power received from the power source 384 viathe power signals 382.

Further, in reference to FIG. 3, the computing device 304 may includeone or more marine interfaces 314, such as, e.g., marine basedcommunication interfaces, that may be configured to communicate withvarious different data sources 316 (e.g., marine based data sources) toreceive various different marine data 315 therefrom. For instance, theone or more marine interfaces 314 may include a network interface 340configured to receive marine data, such as, e.g., network data 342, fromat least one network source 344. In this instance, the marine data ornetwork data 342 may include Ethernet data, and the network interface340 may be configured to receive Ethernet data from the network source344 (e.g., a network server) as an Ethernet data source and provide theEthernet data to the display interface 370. The network interface 340may be configured to bi-directionally transmit and receive marine data(e.g., Ethernet data) between the computing device 304 and the networksource 344.

In another instance, the one or more marine interfaces 314 may include ageo-coordinate interface 320 configured to receive marine data, such as,e.g., geo-coordinate data 322, from a geo-coordinate source 324. In thisinstance, the marine data or geo-coordinate data 322 may include GlobalPosition System (GPS) related data, and the geo-coordinate interface 320may be configured to receive geo-coordinate data 322 (e.g., GPS data)from the geo-coordinate source 324 (e.g., GPS source or transceiver) andprovide the geo-coordinate data 322 (e.g., GPS data) to the displayinterface 370.

In another instance, the one or more marine interfaces 314 may include aNMEA interface 330 configured to receive marine data, such as, e.g.,NMEA data 332, from a NMEA source 334. In this instance, the marine dataor NMEA data 332 may include National Marine Electronica Association(NMEA) data, and the NMEA interface 320 may be configured to receiveNMEA data 332 from the NMEA source 324 and provide the NMEA data 332 tothe display interface 370.

In another instance, the one or more marine interfaces 314 may include asonar interface 350 configured to receive marine data, such as, e.g.,sonar data 352, from a sonar source or sonar device 354, such as, e.g.,a sonar transducer or a sonar transducer array. In this instance, thesonar interface 350 may be configured to receive sonar data 352 from thesonar source 354 and provide the sonar data 352 to the display interface370. In various instances, the sonar device 354 (or sonar source) mayinclude one or more sonar transducers or one or more sonar transducerarrays, and the display interface 370 may be configured to receive thesonar data 352 from the sonar device 354 and provide one or more sonarimages of an underwater environment to the display device 372 (e.g.,remote marine display) based on the sonar data 352.

In another instance, the one or more marine interfaces 314 may include aradar interface 360 configured to receive marine data, such as, e.g.,radar data 362, from a radar source or radar device 364, such as, e.g.,a radar device or a radar system. In this instance, the radar interface360 may be configured to receive radar data 362 from the radar source364 and provide the radar data 362 to the display interface 370. Invarious instances, the radar device 364 (or radar source) may include aradar system or one or more radar components, and the display interface370 may be configured to receive the radar data 362 from the radardevice 364 and provide one or more radar images to the display device372 (e.g., remote marine display) based on the radar data 362.

The computing device 304 may include the display interface 370 coupledto the geo-coordinate interface 320 (e.g., GPS interface), the NMEAinterface 330, the network interface 340 (e.g., Ethernet interface), thesonar interface 350, the radar interface 360, and the power interface380. In some implementations, the display interface 370 may beconfigured to receive power (e.g., power signals 382) from the powerinterface 380, receive marine data (e.g., GPS data 322, NMEA data 332,and/or network data 342) from the one or more marine interfaces 314(e.g., GPS interface 320, NMEA interface 330, and/or network interface340), receive sonar data 352 from the sonar interface 350, and receiveradar data 362 form the radar interface 360. Further, the displayinterface 370 may be configured to provide power (e.g., power signals382), marine data (e.g., GPS data 322, NMEA data 332, and/or networkdata 342), sonar data 352, and/or radar data 362 to the display device372. The display device 372 may be implemented as a marine display or asa remote marine display that is separate from the computing device 304.

As described herein in reference to FIG. 2A, the display interface 370may be configured to provide power, marine data, and sonar data to thedisplay device 372 (or marine display) via a single cable. As describedherein in reference to FIG. 2B, the display interface 370 may beconfigured to provide power to the display device 372 (or marinedisplay) via a single cable, and the display interface 370 may beconfigured to provide marine data and sonar data to the display device372 (or marine display) via a wireless connection. As described hereinin reference to FIG. 2C, the display interface 370 may be configured toprovide power to the display device 372 (or marine display) via a firstwireless connection, and the display interface 370 may be configured toprovide marine data and sonar data to the display device 372 (or marinedisplay) via a second wireless connection that is separate from thefirst wireless connection.

In some implementations, the computing device 304 itself may be embodiedas a cradle configured to receive the display device 372 (or marinedisplay), couple to the display device 372 (or marine display), anddecouple from the display device 372 (or marine display). In otherimplementations, as described herein in reference to FIGS. 2D-2F, acradle 378 may be embodied as a separate component configured to receivethe display device 372 (or marine display), couple to the display device372 (or marine display), and decouple from the display device 372 (ormarine display). Further, the computing device 304 may be configured tocommunicate and/or provide power, marine data, and sonar data to thedisplay device 372 (or marine display) via the cradle 278 in a manner asdescribed in reference to FIGS. 2D-2F.

The computing device 304 may include the processor 310 and memory 312having instructions that cause the processor 310 to interface with thedisplay interface 370 so as to display images associated with the marinedata (e.g., GPS data 322, NMEA data 332, network data 342, sonar data352, and/or radar data 362) on the display device or remote marinedisplay 372. The memory 312 may also include instructions that cause theprocessor 310 to interface with the one or more of the marineinterfaces, including the geo-coordinate interface 320 (e.g., GPSinterface), the NMEA interface 330, the network interface 340, the sonarinterface 350, and/or the radar interface 360). Further, in someinstances, the instructions may cause the processor 310 tosimultaneously display images associated with any one or more or allmarine data 322, 332, 342, 352, 362 on the display device 372 in amulti-screen mode of operation. In some other instances, the computingdevice 304 may be configured to create/generate data logs associatedwith the marine data 322, 332, 342, 352, 362, including previouslyrecorded marine data.

In some implementations, the computing device 304 may be configured tostore/record marine data 322, 332, 342, 352, 362 and/or marine data logsin one or more databases (e.g., database 390). The computing device 304may be configured to upload the marine data 322, 332, 342, 352, 362and/or marine data logs to the network source 344, such as, e.g., cloudserver or other network server, via network interface 340. The computingdevice 304 may be configured to store/record multiple marine data logsand create/generate a map therefrom. The computing device 304 and/or thenetwork source or server 340 may be configured to create/generate one ormore maps by stitching, combining, and/or joining multiple marine datalogs together. The computing device 304 may be configured to receive thegeo-coordinate data 322 (e.g., GPS data) via the geo-coordinate source324 and associate the received geo-coordinate data 322 (e.g., GPS data)to the marine data 332, 342, 352, 362, marine data logs, and/or maps atany time, including prior to upload. The network interface 340 maycommunicate with the network source or server 344 via any type of wiredor wireless communication network, including, e.g., a cloud based wiredor wireless communication network.

In various implementations, the computing device 304 may be configuredas a special purpose machine for interfacing with each of the one ormore marine interfaces 320, 330, 340, 350, 360 and the display interface370. The computing device 304 may include standard elements and/orcomponents, including the processor 310, the memory 312 (e.g.,non-transitory computer-readable storage medium), the at least onedatabase 390, the power interface 380, peripherals, and various othercomputing elements and/or components that may not be specifically shownin FIG. 3. Further, the computing device 304 may include the displaydevice 372 (e.g., marine based monitor or display) that may be used toprovide a user interface (UI) 374, including a graphical user interface(GUI). In reference to FIG. 3, the display device 372 is implemented asa separate component; however, the display device 372 may beincorporated part of the computing device 304. Further, the UI 374 maybe used to receive one or more preferences from a user of the displaydevice 372 for managing or utilizing the system 300, includinginterfacing with the one or more marine interfaces 320, 330, 340, 350,360 and the display interface 370. As such, a user may setup desiredbehavior of the computing system 300 and/or interfaces 320, 330, 340,350, 360, 370 via user-selected preferences using the UI 374 associatedwith the display device 372. Various elements and/or components of thesystem 300 that may be useful for the purpose of implementing the system300 may be added, included, and/or interchanged, in manner as describedherein.

In various implementations, wireless charging may include inductivecharging, which may use an electromagnetic field (EMF) to transferenergy (or power) between the base station 304 and the display device372. For instance, power in the form of energy may be transferred fromthe base station 304 through inductive coupling to the display device372, which may be configured to use the transferred power or energy forrunning power or to charge an internal power source, such as, e.g.,rechargeable batteries. Further, various other wirelesspowering/charging techniques may be used to transfer power or energyfrom the base station 304 to the display device 372. For instance, radiofrequency (RF) harvesting techniques may be used for this purpose. Assuch, in this instance, the base station 304 may be configured totransmit wireless RF signals to the display device 372, and the displaydevice 372 may be configured to receive the wireless RF signals andharvest the RF power or energy from the received wireless RF signals forrunning power or to charge the internal power source, such as, e.g.,rechargeable batteries.

FIG. 4 illustrates an instance schematic of a marine electronics device400 in accordance with various implementations of described herein. Themarine electronics device 400 includes a screen 405. In some instances,the screen 405 may be sensitive to touching by a finger. In otherinstances, the screen 405 may be sensitive to body heat from a finger, astylus, or responsive to a mouse.

The marine electronics device 400 may be operational with numerousgeneral purpose or special purpose computing system environments and/orconfigurations. The marine electronics device 400 may include any typeof electrical and/or electronics device capable of receiving data andinformation via a computing system or device, such as, e.g., thecomputing device 304 of FIG. 3. The marine electronics device 400 mayinclude various marine instruments, such that the marine electronicsdevice 400 may use the computing system to display various types ofmarine electronics data. The device 400 may display marine electronicdata 415, such as, e.g., sonar data and images associated with sonardata. The marine electronic data types 415 may include chart data, radardata, sonar data, steering data, dashboard data, navigation data,fishing data, engine data, and the like. The marine electronics device400 may include a plurality of buttons 420, which may be includephysical buttons or virtual buttons, or a combination thereof. Themarine electronics device 400 may receive user input through the screen405, which may be configured as sensitive to touch or buttons 420.

In some implementations, the marine electronics device 400 may beconfigured as a computing device having a central processing unit (CPU),system memory, graphics processing unit (GPU), and a system bus thatcouples various components including the system memory to the CPU. Invarious implementations, the computing system may include one or moreCPUs, which may include a microprocessor, a microcontroller, aprocessor, a programmable integrated circuit, or a combination thereof.The CPU may include an off-the-shelf processor such as a ReducedInstruction Set Computer (RISC), or a Microprocessor without InterlockedPipeline Stages (MIPS) processor, or a combination thereof. The CPU mayalso include a proprietary processor.

The GPU may be a microprocessor specifically designed to manipulate andimplement computer graphics. The CPU may offload work to the GPU. TheGPU may have its own graphics memory, and/or may have access to aportion of the system memory. As with the CPU, the GPU may include oneor more processing units, and each processing unit may include one ormore cores.

The CPU may provide output data to a GPU. The GPU may generate graphicaluser interfaces that present the output data. The GPU may also provideobjects, such as menus, in the graphical user interface. A user mayprovide inputs by interacting with the objects. The GPU may receive theinputs from interaction with the objects and provide the inputs to theCPU. A video adapter may be provided to convert graphical data intosignals for a monitor (MFD 400). The monitor (MFD 400) includes a screen405. As described herein, the screen 405 may be sensitive to touching bya human finger, and/or the screen 405 may be sensitive to the body heatfrom a human finger, a stylus, and/or responsive to a mouse.

In accordance with various implementations described herein, variousportions of following description may or may not be applied to thecomputing device 304 of FIG. 3 and/or to the marine electronics device400 of FIG. 4. Generally, the computing device 304 of FIG. 3 does notinclude a display device as part thereof. Instead, the computing device304 may be implemented as a base station that is configured tocommunicate with a display device or marine display, such as, e.g., themarine electronics device 400 of FIG. 4. Thus, references made to acomputing system and/or computing components may or may not be appliedto the computing device 304 of FIG. 3.

In some implementations, the system bus may be any of several types ofbus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, aperipheral bus, and a local bus using any of a variety of busarchitectures. By way of instance, and not limitation, sucharchitectures include Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, MicroChannel Architecture (MCA) bus, Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, VideoElectronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and PeripheralComponent Interconnect (PCI) bus also known as Mezzanine bus. The systemmemory may include a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory(RAM). A basic input/output system (BIOS), containing the basic routinesthat help transfer information between elements within the computingsystem, such as during start-up, may be stored in the ROM.

The computing system may include a hard disk drive interface for readingfrom and writing to a hard disk, a memory card reader for reading fromand writing to a removable memory card, and an optical disk drive forreading from and writing to a removable optical disk, such as a CD ROMor other optical media. The hard disk, the memory card reader, and theoptical disk drive may be connected to the system bus by a hard diskdrive interface, a memory card reader interface, and an optical driveinterface, respectively. The drives and their associatedcomputer-readable media may provide nonvolatile storage ofcomputer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules andother data for the computing system.

Although the computing system is described herein as having a hard disk,a removable memory card and a removable optical disk, it should beappreciated by those skilled in the art that the computing system mayalso include other types of computer-readable media that may be accessedby a computer. For instance, such computer-readable media may includecomputer storage media and communication media. Computer storage mediamay include volatile and non-volatile, and removable and non-removablemedia implemented in any method or technology for storage ofinformation, such as computer-readable instructions, data structures,program modules, software modules, or other data. Computer-readablestorage media may include non-transitory computer-readable storagemedia. Computer storage media may further include RAM, ROM, erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other solidstate memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD), or otheroptical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic diskstorage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which maybe used to store the desired information and which may be accessed bythe computing system. Communication media may embody computer readableinstructions, data structures, program modules or other data in amodulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transportmechanism and may include any information delivery media. The term“modulated data signal” may mean a signal that has one or more of itscharacteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode informationin the signal. By way of instance, and not limitation, communicationmedia may include wired media such as a wired network or direct-wiredconnection, and wireless media such as acoustic, radio frequency (RF),infrared (IR), and other wireless media. The computing system mayinclude a host adapter that connects to a storage device via a smallcomputer system interface (SCSI) bus, Fiber Channel bus, eSATA bus, orusing any other applicable computer bus interface.

The computing system may also be connected to a router to establish awide area network (WAN) with one or more remote computers. The routermay be connected to the system bus via a network interface. The remotecomputers may also include hard disks that store application programs.In another implementation, the computing system may also connect to theremote computers via local area network (LAN) or the WAN. When using aLAN networking environment, the computing system may be connected to theLAN through the network interface or adapter. The LAN may be implementedvia a wired connection or a wireless connection. The LAN may beimplemented using Wi-Fi™ technology, cellular technology, Bluetooth™technology, satellite technology, or any other implementation known tothose skilled in the art. The network interface may also utilize remoteaccess technologies (e.g., Remote Access Service (RAS), Virtual PrivateNetworking (VPN), Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Layer 2 Tunneling (L2T), orany other suitable protocol). In some instances, these remote accesstechnologies may be implemented in connection with the remote computers.It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplaryand other means of establishing a communications link between thecomputer systems may be used.

A number of program modules may be stored on the hard disk, memory card,optical disk, ROM or RAM, including an operating system, one or moreapplication programs, and program data. In certain implementations, thehard disk may store a database system. The database system couldinclude, for instance, recorded points. The application programs mayinclude various mobile applications (“apps”) and other applicationsconfigured to perform various methods and techniques described herein.The operating system may be any suitable operating system that maycontrol the operation of a networked personal or server computer.

A user may enter commands and information into the computing systemthrough input devices such as buttons, which may be physical buttons,virtual buttons, or combinations thereof. Other input devices mayinclude a microphone, a mouse, or the like (not shown). These and otherinput devices may be connected to the CPU through a serial portinterface coupled to system bus, but may be connected by otherinterfaces, such as a parallel port, game port or a universal serial bus(USB).

Certain implementations may be configured to be connected to a globalpositioning system (GPS) receiver system and/or a marine electronicssystem. The GPS system and/or marine electronics system may be connectedvia the network interface. The GPS receiver system may be used todetermine position data for the vessel on which the marine electronicsdevice 400 is disposed. The GPS receiver system may then transmit theposition data to the marine electronics device 400. In other instances,any positioning system known to those skilled in the art may be used todetermine and/or provide the position data for the marine electronicsdevice 400.

The marine electronics system may include one or more componentsdisposed at various locations on the vessel. Such components may includeone or more data modules, sensors, instrumentation, and/or any otherdevices known to those skilled in the art that may transmit varioustypes of data to the marine electronics device 400 for processing and/ordisplay. The various types of data transmitted to the marine electronicsdevice 400 from the marine electronics system may include marineelectronics data and/or other data types known to those skilled in theart. The marine electronics data received from the marine electronicssystem may include chart data, sonar data, structure data, radar data,navigation data, position data, heading data, automatic identificationsystem (AIS) data, Doppler data, speed data, course data, or any othertype of data.

The marine electronics device 400 may receive external data via anetwork, such as a LAN or WAN. In various implementations, external datamay relate to data and information not available from the marineelectronics system. The external data may be retrieved from the Internetor any other source. The external data may include various environmentaldata, such as, e.g., atmospheric temperature, tidal data, weather, moonphase, sunrise, sunset, water levels, historic fishing data, and otherfishing data.

In one implementation, the marine electronics device 400 may be amulti-function display (MFD) unit, such that the marine electronicsdevice 400 may be capable of displaying and/or processing multiple typesof marine electronics data. FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic diagram of anMFD unit in accordance with implementations of various techniquesdescribed herein. In particular, the MFD unit may include the computingsystem, the monitor (MFD 400), the screen 405, and the buttons 420 suchthat they may be integrated into a single console.

The discussion of the present disclosure is directed to certain specificimplementations. It should be understood that the discussion of thepresent disclosure is provided for the purpose of enabling a person withordinary skill in the art to make and use any subject matter definedherein by the subject matter of the claims.

It should be intended that the subject matter of the claims not belimited to the implementations and illustrations provided herein, butinclude modified forms of those implementations including portions ofthe implementations and combinations of elements of differentimplementations within the scope of the claims. It should be appreciatedthat in the development of any such implementation, as in anyengineering or design project, numerous implementation-specificdecisions should be made to achieve a developers' specific goals, suchas compliance with system-related and business related constraints,which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it shouldbe appreciated that such a development effort maybe complex and timeconsuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design,fabrication, and manufacture for those of ordinary skill having benefitof this disclosure. Nothing in this application should be consideredcritical or essential to the claimed subject matter unless explicitlyindicated as being “critical” or “essential.”

Reference has been made in detail to various implementations, instancesof which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and figures. Inthe following detailed description, numerous specific details are setforth to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure.However, the present disclosure may be practiced without these specificdetails. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components,circuits and networks have not been described in detail so as not tounnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments.

It should also be understood that, although the terms first, second,etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elementsshould not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used todistinguish one element from another. For instance, a first object orstep could be termed a second object or step, and, similarly, a secondobject or step could be termed a first object or step, without departingfrom the scope of the invention. The first object or step, and thesecond object or step, are both objects or steps, respectively, but theyare not to be considered the same object or step.

The terminology used in the description of the present disclosure hereinis for the purpose of describing particular implementations and is notintended to limit the present disclosure. As used in the description ofthe present disclosure and appended claims, the singular forms “a,”“an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unlessthe context clearly indicates otherwise. The term “and/or” as usedherein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations ofone or more of the associated listed items. The terms “includes,”“including,” “comprises,” and/or “comprising,” when used in thisspecification, specify a presence of stated features, integers, steps,operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude thepresence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps,operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.

As used herein, the term “if” may be construed to mean “when” or “upon”or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting,” dependingon the context. Similarly, the phrase “if it is determined” or “if [astated condition or event] is detected” may be construed to mean “upondetermining” or “in response to determining” or “upon detecting [thestated condition or event]” or “in response to detecting [the statedcondition or event],” depending on the context. As used herein, theterms “up” and “down”; “upper” and “lower”; “upwardly” and “downwardly”;“below” and “above”; and other similar terms indicating relativepositions above or below a given point or element may be used inconnection with some implementations of various technologies describedherein.

While the foregoing is directed to implementations of various techniquesdescribed herein, other and further implementations may be devisedwithout departing from the basic scope thereof, which may be determinedby the claims that follow.

Although the subject matter has been described in language specific tostructural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understoodthat the subject matter defined in the appended claims is notnecessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above.Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed asinstance forms of implementing the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A device, comprising: a housing configured formounting to a watercraft; a power interface configured to receive powerfrom a power source; a network interface configured to receive marinedata from a plurality of different data sources; a sonar interfaceconfigured to receive sonar data from a sonar device; and a displayinterface coupled to the power interface, the network interface, and thesonar interface, wherein the display interface is configured to receivepower from the power interface, receive marine data from the networkinterface, receive sonar data from the sonar interface, and providepower, marine data, and sonar data to a remote marine display that isseparate from the device.
 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the housingcomprises a waterproof housing.
 3. The device of claim 1, wherein thepower interface is configured to provide power to the display interfacebased on the power received from the power source.
 4. The device ofclaim 1, wherein the marine data comprises geo-coordinate data, andwherein the network interface is configured to receive geo-coordinatedata from a geo-coordinate data source and provide the geo-coordinatedata to the display interface.
 5. The device of claim 1, wherein themarine data comprises National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA)data, and wherein the network interface is configured to receive NMEAdata from a NMEA data source and provide the NMEA data to the displayinterface.
 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the marine data comprisesEthernet data, and wherein the network interface is configured toreceive Ethernet data from an Ethernet data source and provide theEthernet data to the display interface.
 7. The device of claim 1,wherein the sonar device comprises a sonar transducer, and wherein thedisplay interface is configured to receive the sonar data from the sonardevice and provide one or more sonar images of an underwater environmentto the remote marine display based on the sonar data.
 8. The device ofclaim 1, further comprising a radar interface configured to receiveradar data from a radar device, wherein the display interface is coupledto the radar device and is configured to receive radar data from theradar device, and provide radar data to the remote marine display. 9.The device of claim 1, wherein the display interface is configured toprovide power, marine data, and sonar data to the remote marine displayvia a single cable.
 10. The device of claim 1, wherein the displayinterface is configured to provide power to the remote marine displayvia a single cable, and wherein the display interface is configured toprovide marine data and sonar data to the remote marine display via awireless connection.
 11. The device of claim 1, wherein the displayinterface is configured to provide power to the remote marine displayvia a first wireless connection, and wherein the display interface isconfigured to provide marine data and sonar data to the remote marinedisplay via a second wireless connection that is separate from the firstwireless connection.
 12. The device of claim 1, wherein the devicecomprises a cradle configured to receive the marine display, couple tothe marine display, and decouple from the marine display.
 13. A basestation, comprising: a waterproof housing configured for mounting to awatercraft; a power interface configured to receive power from a powersource; a network interface configured to receive marine data from aplurality of different data sources, including one or more of ageo-coordinate data source, a national marine electronics association(NMEA) data source, and an Ethernet data source; a sonar interfaceconfigured to receive sonar data from a sonar device; a radar interfaceconfigured to receive radar data from a radar device; and a displayinterface coupled to the power interface, the network interface, thesonar interface, and the radar interface, wherein the display interfaceis configured to receive power from the power interface, receive marinedata from the network interface, receive sonar data from the sonarinterface, receive radar data from the radar device, and provide power,marine data, sonar data, and radar data to one or more marine displaysvia one or more wired or wireless connections, and wherein the one ormore marine displays are separate from the base station.
 14. The basestation of claim 13, wherein the base station comprises one or morecradles configured to receive the one or more marine displays, couple tothe one or more marine displays, and decouple from the one or moremarine displays.
 15. A system, comprising: a marine display configuredto display images associated with marine data and sonar data; and a basestation configured for mounting to a watercraft, the base stationcomprising: a power interface configured to receive power from a powersource; a network interface configured to receive marine data from aplurality of different data sources; a sonar interface configured toreceive sonar data from a sonar device; and a display interface coupledto the power interface, the network interface, and the sonar interface,wherein the display interface is configured to receive power from thepower interface, receive marine data from the network interface, receivesonar data from the sonar interface, and provide power, marine data, andsonar data to the marine display.
 16. The system of claim 15, furthercomprising: a cradle configured to receive the marine display, couple tothe marine display, and decouple from the marine display, wherein thecradle is coupled to the display interface via one or more wired orwireless connections.
 17. The system of claim 16, wherein the displayinterface is configured to provide power, marine data, and sonar data tothe marine display via the cradle by way of a single cable coupled tothe cradle.
 18. The system of claim 16, wherein the display interface isconfigured to provide power to the marine display via the cradle by wayof a single cable coupled to the cradle, and wherein the displayinterface is configured to provide marine data and sonar data to themarine display via a wireless connection.
 19. The system of claim 16,wherein the display interface is configured to provide power to themarine display via the cradle by way of a first wireless connectioncoupled to the cradle, and wherein the display interface is configuredto provide marine data and sonar data to the marine display via a secondwireless connection that is separate from the first wireless connection.20. The system of claim 15, further comprising a radar interfaceconfigured to receive radar data from a radar device, wherein thedisplay interface is coupled to the radar device and is configured toreceive radar data from the radar device, and provide radar data to themarine display.